Within neighborhood
35
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,663 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Paterson
Tract 34031203600 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 6,299 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
The Elevated-tier score of 7.9/10 for census tract 34031203600 reflects conditions in Riverside in Paterson, New Jersey. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
70% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 53% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,794 monthly, set against $48,615 in average yearly household income, roughly 44% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,045
Renter share59.9%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$48,615
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9416, -74.1741 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Paterson
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,794 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paterson
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paterson
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paterson
9.1
How Riverside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 340Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2018)
- 78Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Riverside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 26.1%Housing insecurity
- 14.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.6%Food insecurity
- 21.4%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 24.0%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverside
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Paterson eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Passaic County average of 6.9 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 26.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031203600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031203600?
Census tract 34031203600 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34031203600?
Median gross rent is $1,794/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031203600?
24.9% of residents in tract 34031203600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,299.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031203600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 95th, minority 83th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 34031203600 considered part of Riverside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031203600 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031203600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 340 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031203600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.40% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031203600 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.1% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031203600 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031203600 scores 7.7/10, lower than the parent city of Paterson at 8.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paterson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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